Mosul offensive

Sergeant Majid holds a rocket propelled grenade as his Humvee approaches the neighbourhood of Tahrir and Zahara, formerly named after Saddam Hussein, on the north eastern edge of Mosul, on November 4th, 2016, in Mosul Iraq. Iraqi forces made further gains on the east of the city as the offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS reached its 19th day.

Iraqi Special forces react as they clear a building in the neighbourhood of Tahrir and Zahara, formerly named after Saddam Hussein, on the north eastern edge of Mosul, on November 4th, 2016, in Mosul Iraq. Iraqi forces made further gains on the east of the city as the offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS reached its 19th day.

Nour Younes reacts to the death of her two-year-old son, Yassine at a medical clinic on the eastern edge of Mosul, on November 22, 2016. Four of her children were injured when what neighbours described as an ISIS mortar landed on their house in the Al Zahraa neighbourhood of Mosul. Many civilians are electing to remain in their homes, complicating Iraqi forces' efforts to retake the city from ISIS.

An American solider gestures as an Iraqi helicopter flies over Qayyarah Airfield West, or "Q West", a major base for international forces assisting the Iraqi assault on Islamic State-held Mosul, some 40 miles south of Mosul, Iraq, on November 23, 2016.

Iraqi Special Forces soldiers help civilians fleeing from the Zahara neighbourhood on the north eastern edge of Mosul as fighting continues nearby, on November 6th, 2016, in Mosul Iraq. Fighting continued in Mosul as Iraqi forces pressed their gains on the east of the city as the offensive to retake the city from ISIS reached its 21st day.

Civilians react after a mortar lands nearby while they wait to be put on lorries as they flee from the Zahara neighbourhood on the north eastern edge of Mosul as fighting continues nearby, on November 6th, 2016, in Mosul Iraq. Fighting continued in Mosul as Iraqi forces pressed their gains on the east of the city as the offensive to retake the city from ISIS reached its 21st day.

A girl cries for her mother as Iraqi Special Forces distribute food to Mosul citizens on the eastern edge of the city, on November 22, 2016. Many civilians are electing to remain in their homes, complicating Iraqi forces' efforts to retake the city from ISIS.

People queue for food, clothing and nappies being distributed by volunteers who were themselves displaced from Mosul, at a camp for people displaced by the conflict against ISIS, mostly from Mosul, in Hassan Sham, Iraqi Kurdistan, on November 26, 2016.

Relatives of two-year-old Yassine Younes react after his death at a medical clinic on the eastern edge of Mosul, on November 22, 2016. He and three of his siblings were injured when what neighbours described as an ISIS mortar landed on their house in the Al Zahraa neighbourhood of Mosul. Many civilians are electing to remain in their homes, complicating Iraqi forces' efforts to retake the city from ISIS.

Civilians are loaded onto lorries as they flee from the Zahara neighbourhood on the north eastern edge of Mosul as fighting continues nearby, on November 6th, 2016, in Mosul, Iraq. Fighting continued in Mosul as Iraqi forces pressed their gains on the east of the city as the offensive to retake the city from ISIS reached its 21st day.